You wanna Clash!! And the Amazing Stripes!!

London Calling: The Clash and the Sex Pistols. I can't help it. I hear Clash - -I think Pistols. It may not be right, but there are reasons. The Pistols were first - but that doesn't mean much. The Pistols didn't do much either - I think they did one thing and it was pretty amazing for the UK and the punk scene. The Clash did more. Much more and were more grounded, politically. When the Clash opened for the Sex Pistols - -I think they absorbed the Pistols and kept going. There were several connections between the two bands - the least important being musical styles - so when I say absorbed I mean - for the collective distant fans of the Pistols - the Pistols ended and the Clash was it - -probably the most important Punk band for the UK.

But they were SO different from the Sex Pistols, and had a much larger musical horizon than the Pistols. So about the Punk classification. As Mixdorf is, I am a bit perplexed by the Clash being called a punk band. I suppose if you dive back into the late 70s and 80s and throw in the UK and their connections with the Pistols-it probably was punk. That said - I haven't heard much of the Clash, but I am not a huge fan.

I can appreciate their liberal vibe - that is obvious, but perhaps I can't get over their videos - It is wrong to judge the strength of the band on the biceps of Mick in a video - in the sand - with some kind of hat - but I have done so.

He lives 'Down By The River' I keep thinking Farley....Mixdorf what does this mean coming from an English Punk Band?



Seven Nation Army

I love this band so much! They are special, unique, he is a genius, it is intense yet the White Stripes have achieved a type of humor that can only be found at the highest levels of musical artistry. They are a universe, a relatively new universe. A different country where the music is familiar, yet everything is so new and inventive. This song has that awesome bass hook and his cool cool cool voice - you don't hear about the White Stripes as much as I would have thought - - but I believe they are just about the most important band that has essentially started in the 2000s.

I thank Aaron for giving me a leg up on this band. Thanks!